Nicki Minaj Speaks On Her Rap Style

I want to be a balanced artist so its not gimmicky. What people don’t know is that before I was doing that craziness I was doing me, I was just doing regular sounding rap that anyone could hear and identify with. But once I started doing all that weird shit—im not mad at it because it got everyone’s attention, but I can sometimes forget that I come from a real authentic place in hip-hop. Im not someone who got signed to a record label who said ‘hey maybe you should do weird voices.’ No. this is all years of me learning me and my style, and decide to do something different that would get everyone’s attention. But I always knew I wanted to come back to my original sound, and the album is going to be a plethora of different sounds.

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No. People hate on her, but she can spit, and she was smart for usin that style.

Have you heard “Up All Night”? Sheesh…murdered it!

By: trackstar311

07.06.2010 @ 3:33 PM

smh pure bullshit she been putting out real talk i like her when she was doing the mix tapes before weezy fucked wit her head ..

By: the grime

07.06.2010 @ 3:44 PM

she could have just summed it up in 2 words “its stupid”

By: Real az it getz

07.06.2010 @ 4:10 PM

She have no real story to tell so thats why she raps about materialistic shit. Her looks is the only thing that keeps her popular.

By: LatinKing

07.06.2010 @ 4:25 PM

she can use her lips to rap around my D*CK!!!!!!

By: frank

07.06.2010 @ 4:32 PM

What rap style?

By: name

07.06.2010 @ 5:07 PM

lol she doesn’t want to be gimmicky because she knows she’s selling 100% gimmick right now. yeah girl develop your skills up, even jay had to bite for a decade to get good.

By: cons

07.06.2010 @ 5:28 PM

Noooope, if it wasn’t for her barbie shit and all the weird ish she does she wouldn’t be popular

By: Hmm

07.06.2010 @ 6:31 PM

yes!!..IMO her rise to fame has absolutely NOTHING to do with her crazy RAP Style(which she always try to claim)….she had 1st gain attention from her mixtapes of regular rapping n her looks,lil kim mimicking ,and who she was riding with PERIOD then came the barbie gimmick(which is something that is also based on her appearance)….sorry nicki you look good but nothing your doing music wise is the reason your popular….if you look like missy with the material you’ve released so far with no wayne n drake around you would be no where fast maybe chilling with keys IMO.

But why does this include your rhymes not making sense? Missy Elliot should be your inspiration.

By: Candice

07.06.2010 @ 8:33 PM

Nicki is NICE. I’m not with that Barbie crap. I do think her doing that crazy stuff got her more out there and noticed. Right now EVERYONE knows who Nicki Minaj is. She smart. Because weather you like her or not people are messing with her. And those that don’t are just the few that DON’T. The chick started a wave and lots of chicks and dudes are riding it so dislike all you want

Well I didn’t know who the fuck she was until she blew up. I was like who the fuck is this bitch with the crazy ass hair.

In my opinion, her rhymes are nothing special, and frankly her “sound” is annoying as fuck. But if that’s what she gotta do to make money, then more power to her. I’m not gonna hate on nobody for doing what they got to do. Nicki Minaj, and Drake seem like very calculating people who project a certain persona. It might not be the personas we are used to, but it is what’s getting them to the bank.

By: sym007

07.06.2010 @ 10:33 PM

^Right…and here we are…blogging about them. Hate it or love it.

By: city

07.06.2010 @ 11:24 PM

nicki minaj and drake are everything thats wrong with rap good for them for gettin money shame on all these homos that would ever bump either of them

By: Hmm

07.06.2010 @ 11:56 PM

agree totally with T keep making ya paper nicki I can’t stand ya rap style or the cocky attitude…but much successes in watever your tryna do…just wish i would see more ass n less articles…(goes for the lotion n clicks on the Nicki Minaj In Black Men Magazine link)

By: BitchPlease

07.07.2010 @ 2:22 AM

Who ever said Nicki Minaj doesn’t have a story to tell is stupid? Look up Autobiography and Still I Rise on Youtube.